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Cambodia Aims to Shut Down All Online Scam Centers by the End of April
Cambodia has shut down 80% of 250 scam sites since July and repatriated nearly 10,000 workers amid a crackdown tied to human trafficking and billions lost annually, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Senior Minister Chhay Sinarith said Cambodia targeted 250 locations since July, shutting about 80%, and hopes to close all scam centers by the end of next month.
- Beginning around 2012, the scam trade started as VOIP scams and expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, making Cambodia a global hub, United Nations experts and other analysts say.
- On Tuesday, Cambodian police raided a Phnom Penh high-rise arresting about 60 people, and authorities have repatriated almost 10,000 workers from 23 countries while more than 210,000 suspected foreign scammers left voluntarily since last June.
- Authorities say activity in scam compounds has been cut by half since the start of this year, the crackdown has produced 79 legal cases involving 697 alleged scam ringleaders and associates, and police plan suppression activities after April.
- Rights groups and analysts remain skeptical, noting Phnom Penh has made similar promises before and offers little evidence of pursuing elite operators, despite international pressure including sanctions and Chen Zhi's extradition, Jacob Sims said.
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The cybercrime has flourished in South-East Asia, especially in Cambodia and Myanmar, with victims around the world losing tens of thousands of millions of euros per year.
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Cambodia targeting online scam centers
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country's notorious online scam centers by the end of next month, the head of the Southeast Asian nation's effort to combat the cybercrime said Wednesday.
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